#CanTaggable
Audi says that their new Q2 is The #Untaggable car. Well, we’d like to think it not that true. Oneshift’s Clifford Chow takes Audi’s curious compact Crossover/SUV/Thing for a ride, and gives you and his 2 cents worth.
The first turn of the multi-function steering wheel reveals a progressive experience, where the wheels turn increasingly sharper, the more you turn the wheel. Full lock from centre is just one full turn, as opposed to the common 2.5 turns you’d normally need to do. Carpark manoeuvring is extremely easy, and the steering is very accurate, and feels direct. We would however wish for just a little more feedback to come through.
The 1.4 turbocharged unit produces an in ‘Cat B’ 148bhp, the torque produced from the tiny engine is impressive, with all 250Nm delivered at 1,500rpm, the 7-speed S-Tronic transmission is able to keep the revs between the 1,500rpm and 3,500rpm sweet spot most of the time.
While there is pretty good performance from the car, Audi had also included cylinder cancellation technology to turn off cylinders 2 and 3 while on cruise, when on “Efficiency” mode. The Q2 does this without you even feeling it happening, with the small 1.4 pushing along on the cruise. The only way to tell is its unwillingness to pull when you give the car the beans.
After a while, fiddling with the different drive modes, we left it on “Auto”, and found that it well addressed our situational needs.
What we loved was, that even with the added ride height, Audi had ensured that the Q2 suspension was sorted out extremely well. There was so little understeer when turning into some tight corners, especially with their accurate-quick steering allowing us to almost point and shoot the car; and even on non-performance tyres, we could have mistaken that our 1.4 test car came with their Quattro drivetrain, but no, its only front driven.
Ride refinement is Audi-good, though the 1.4 tends to get a little rough above 3,500rpm, but not as raspy as say the 1.0 found in the A3 1.0.
What Audi has termed as #Untaggable can be tagged by us quite easily. The Q2 is a #TallRidingQuickCityRunaboutWithOffroadingInspiration. But what it is for you, is a car that sings to a different tune, while delivering on good utility room, and sporty handling.
What we do hope for however, is that with the tight and rigid MQB platform used, they’d build an RSQ2.
#AudiRSQ2 we await!
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